Do You Want to Do This or Not

[0:00] Praise the Lord. Yes, praise the Lord. Okay, and all the kids...! Zeke!

[0:30] Amen. Praise God. Amen. I've been really praying for this message and really praying for this service today because I was kind of stuck in between two messages that God was dealing with me about and some things that I've been thinking about and praying about.

[0:57] And, you know, I really feel like God gave me a word for us and a challenge as we move towards this, move into this season of 21 days of prayer and fasting.

[1:07] Amen. And, you know, before we get started, I want us to pray to help us get our minds right, to help us kind of just be unified in thought and unified together in spirit.

[1:19] Amen. Let's have a word of prayer. Father, we love you today. We thank you, Lord, for your goodness. We thank you, Lord, for your power and your might, Lord. I'm asking today, God, that you would touch our hearts and our minds, God.

[1:32] That you would move upon our spirits today, Lord. You would touch my lips, Lord, my mind. Help me do a good job. Father, we pray all of this in the powerful name of Jesus.

[1:43] And everybody say, Jesus' name. Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. So, we're not going to put the title up, okay, Grayson, not yet. But we are stepping into this 21 days of prayer and fasting.

[2:03] And this is not about religion or religious obligation. This is not about tradition. This is not about any of those things.

[2:16] Okay, this is about hunger. This is about desperation. This is about, are you hungry for what God wants to do in your life?

[2:29] Are you hungry for what God wants to do in our church? Are you hungry about that? It's about obedience. It's about families being saved. It's about lives being changed and lives being transformed.

[2:42] That's what this season of prayer and fasting is about. Okay, so. Hmm. This is about us paying attention to what God is doing.

[2:54] This is about understanding and giving ear to what God is trying to speak into our church and into our lives. It's about stepping out of spiritual laziness, spiritual apathy, and into this kingdom urgency.

[3:14] Hallelujah. That's what it's about. So I want to ask this question. And. I want to ask this question.

[3:26] Go ahead and put the title of my message up. Do you want to do this or not? Do you want to do this or not?

[3:43] Do you really want to do this or not? This question is going to cover many aspects of our lives.

[3:57] Many aspects of our church. But the question that I want to challenge us with here this morning. Is do you really want to do this or not? Amen.

[4:10] Do you really want to serve God or not? Do you really want to see this church thrive and have revival or not? Amen. Do you really want to see people saved and transformed or not?

[4:23] Do you want to see your life and your career and your ministry and your calling thrive and God lead you and guide you or not? Because at the end of the day, if you really want that, you're going to pursue it.

[4:38] You're going to go after it. And whatever cost. You will pay for it. If your child was so sick and there was only one medication that would save them, you would do whatever it took to buy that medication.

[4:57] That whatever it was, you would sell, you would work, you would raise whatever funds. And out of desperation, you would do whatever it took to get that for your kid.

[5:11] Right? Amen. That's true. That's true. Hallelujah. So the question is, and I feel this burning inside of me. Because I ask myself this question every single day.

[5:24] And not about, not so much about revival and church, but it's about my health. It's about the state of my health. It's about the state of my finances, my career, my family, my children.

[5:37] I ask myself, do I really want to do this or not? I say I want to be healthy, but am I going to get it to work out? I say I want to live and have a good, fruitful life, but am I going to eat right? Am I going to do the right things that I got to do?

[5:51] I want to, you know, I want to be ripped and jacked. I want to have a six pack. And Deanna just can't keep her hands off. She still can't keep her hands off. Oh my God. Hey, four children later, baby.

[6:06] But do you really want to do this or not? I ask myself. So I want you to ask yourself this question. Do you want to do this or not? Do you want to see revival in this church or not?

[6:20] Ask yourself. Excuses come, you know, whatever. Dumb a dozen. Reasons not to, dumb a dozen. We can think of excuses and why things don't happen and why things can happen.

[6:38] Do you want to do this or not? Right? That's right. Right. Do you want to go to church and just exist?

[6:52] Or do you want to live in power and authority and hear the call of God, hear the voice of God, walk in purpose?

[7:04] Do you want to see a move of God in your family? Do you want to see a move of God in your children? Your wayward children? Do you want to see all that? Do you want to see God move in your community and your, where you live?

[7:18] Do you, in your mind, in your habits, in your day to day, do you want to see the Lord move in a powerful way? Do you?

[7:57] Do you want to know of the excuses? Why? Why? Why not? And take this seriously. I mean, we're having fun.

[8:08] We're doing rodeo Sunday. Yahoo! You know, I'm going to wear the biggest cowboy hat I can find. Okay. I'm going to. Cash is going to dress up as a clown and we're going to pie.

[8:18] No. Pie is a disgrace. He doesn't know that yet. So we're going to have fun. We're going to do all those things. But here is the issue. We're going to take this seriously.

[8:30] Because this is a serious matter. Souls are at stake. Lives are at stake. Your life is at stake. Amen. Amen. We live in a world where, I mean, there's so many options, right?

[8:44] Everything is optional. You know, I go on to, I know we talked about DoorDash, but I go into DoorDash, which costs an arm and a leg. But I'll order something and they'll give me options.

[8:54] Do you want it? And then there's like 30 options of how much cream or sugar you want in the coffee. And it's so many options. Right. And when things are optional today.

[9:07] And if it's hard, it's like we can just skip it. You can skip it. If you don't feel comfortable, we can just skip it. If you have to sweat a little bit, you can just skip it.

[9:18] Don't skip leg day. You hear that? Don't skip leg day because it's important. It's uncomfortable. You want to work out. You got to do it. If it's too inconvenient, you can opt out.

[9:31] And if we're not careful, we can bring that same mindset into the church, into our lives, into our families.

[9:42] We want breakthrough, but not interruption. That's good. That's good. We want results, but we resist. Hear me now.

[9:52] We resist surrender. We want revival, but we run and avoid responsibility. This fast, these 21 days, are not a test of God's willingness.

[10:08] Hear what I'm saying, church. This is not a test of God's willingness. This is a test of our willingness. This is a test of our willingness to sacrifice.

[10:20] This is a test of our willingness to surrender to Him. Do you want to do this or not? Praise God.

[10:34] And today's message, what I feel in this service today, this is a call to every single one of us. To pull us out of our comfort zone, out of our lull, out of our excuses.

[10:50] Because at the end of this message, I mean, it was already before, but we got no excuses. People were saunter, people were martyr, people were stoned.

[11:04] And hung, and beaten, you know, and they sacrificed. And they saw revival. But this message, what I feel in the Holy Ghost, is a call to pull us out of our comfort, our lull, and pull us into our calling, our place in favor with God.

[11:24] Amen. You see, because God's already said yes. God's already poured His Spirit out upon us. But let's be honest for a second. In Romans 8, don't put that up, Grayson, not yet.

[11:39] Romans 8, Paul speaks of this persuasion, of being persuaded. You ever try to persuade somebody to do something? I had a friend who always was able to get me to do stuff.

[11:55] Matt, dude, just jump off this bleacher. Matt, dude, it's going to be cool. There's so many people here, Matt. I'm telling you right now, if you do this, it'd be so cool.

[12:07] All the girls will want to talk to you. They'll all want to go out with you. Dude, I'm telling you, if you do this, it's going to be awesome. I don't know if you put it that way. I jumped off the bleacher.

[12:18] I mean, it was high. A South Valley, but as you guys remember that, those bleachers that they push in against the wall. I jumped off those bleachers. And I remember I hit, I mean, there was a wrestling tourney going on.

[12:31] There was hundreds and hundreds of people in there. And I jumped off that thing, and I go. And it just rumbled and rumbled. And it was like everyone stopped.

[12:43] Literally. People were like wrestling going for a head and not at all. And then, I don't know how I found him. I locked eyes with my dad. And if you know my dad, he's got the mullet and long hair.

[13:00] And he has a very distinct way of walking. And he just starts walking over to me. And I go, all right, dude. Nice knowing you.

[13:12] I'm done. And he comes over and he goes, like you lifted me. Like with one hand, you know. And put me up against the wall.

[13:23] What do you think you're doing? But we have friends that can persuade us to do almost anything. But Paul is talking about a persuasion.

[13:35] A persuasion in our lives. And I want to read this. Don't put it up yet. For I am persuaded.

[13:52] As long as things go my way, I'll be persuaded. I am persuaded. As long as it doesn't cost me anything, I'll do it.

[14:03] I am persuaded. As long as I don't have to sacrifice my time, my comfort, my schedule, I'm going to do it. I am persuaded. If I can do it when I want, how I want to do it, I'm going to do it.

[14:17] I am persuaded. As long as I can do it my way, I'm going to do it. That's not what he said. That's not how he wrote it.

[14:31] That's not what the word of God says. Go ahead and bring up that verse, Gray. Paul. Paul. Paul. A man who was beaten, shipwrecked. A man who was stoned to death or raised again.

[14:46] A man who suffered and sacrificed. He said, for I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come.

[15:00] Next verse. Next verse. Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

[15:11] Paul. Paul. Was persuaded. That in spite of what he had gone through. The discomfort, the pain, the sacrifice.

[15:23] I'm going to live for God. I'm going to pursue God. Paul didn't write from a spiritual high. Or just walk right out of service and say, yeah, I'm going to be persuaded today.

[15:34] He wrote it from a place of deep commitment. A place of absolute resolve. This isn't just how strong God's love is, but this is about how convinced Paul had become.

[15:52] Paul was persuaded. That means I've made up my mind. I've decided. I've committed. I've looked at everything else. I've seen it. But nothing compares to what this is.

[16:06] Nothing compares to the gospel. Nothing compares to Jesus Christ. And I fear that some of us have kind of just, including myself, have just kind of been lulled.

[16:18] And had this kind of apathy towards the word of God. Towards worship. Towards loving God. Towards living for God. But it's time to get back to this place of persuasion.

[16:31] God, I'm persuaded. That no matter what I come up against, God, I'm going to live for you. No matter what it can be, God, I'm going to serve you. No matter what I'm going to sacrifice or give some things of God.

[16:43] I'm going to live for you because I love you. And because of what you've done in my life. Amen. I don't care. That's good preaching. This kind of persuasion isn't emotional, but it's foundational.

[16:57] Amen. I am persuaded that neither death nor life or anything can separate me from the love or from Christ Jesus our Lord.

[17:11] His love is unshakable. His promises are solid. But the question is. Or the question isn't whether he's faithful.

[17:22] The question is. Are we persuaded enough to follow through? Are we persuaded enough to follow through? Because here's the thing.

[17:34] We were not saved to just survive. We were saved for more. We were saved not just for survival or to show up to Sunday or to show up to church.

[17:47] Ephesians 2 says, Stop there.

[18:01] And for some of us, that's kind of where we stop. For by grace, whoo, are you saved through faith and not of works, lest any man should boast. And that's kind of where some Christians stop.

[18:14] And I show up on Sunday. I give my tithes. I give my, you know, I'm living for God day in and day out.

[18:26] But we weren't saved just to be saved. Or saved from sin. We were saved for a purpose. We were saved for something more than that. Amen. Go ahead, Grace.

[18:38] Go to verse 10. For we are his workmanship, his handiwork, his poetry, his beauty created in Christ Jesus unto, everyone say good works.

[18:52] Good works. We were saved unto good works. Unto good works. We were saved not just to be saved and not just from sin, but we were saved unto good works.

[19:06] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. We were saved by grace, but we were saved unto good works. We're not saved to survive, to be idle.

[19:18] We're not filled with the Holy Ghost that just coasts up into heaven. But we are saved for a purpose. This is why growth track is so important. This is why we talk about making a difference is so important.

[19:30] This is why people can sometimes just get depressed because they sit idle. They don't do anything. We were saved not to sit idle and just kind of coast by. Church, hear what I'm saying.

[19:41] You were saved for something more. I don't care if you're five. I don't care if you're 99. Every single one of us plays a role. College age. Youth.

[19:53] Young people. Middle school. High school. Grandma. Grandma. Grandpa. Every one of us. We were saved not to just survive. We were saved for a purpose.

[20:04] Amen. And that means that the call of God in your life is not to stop sinning. I mean, we need to stop sinning. If you're sinning, you've got to stop. But it's to start walking.

[20:15] It's to start doing these good works. Start building. Start obeying. And doing something in the kingdom of God. Amen. Yes. If you never sweep a floor.

[20:29] If you never greet at the door. If you never play an instrument. You know what good works I'm talking about? I'm talking about telling somebody about Jesus. You know what good works I'm talking about?

[20:39] I'm talking about serving your neighbor. You know what good works I'm talking about? I'm talking about serving your neighborhood. Helping people. Serving them. Demonstrating and living the love of God. Amen.

[20:50] Right. Amen. Boom. That's good. God didn't just save us. And clean us up. Because you guys look good.

[21:02] You look. You guys. You all look really nice. You can smile. It's okay. I mean. Yeah. You do. Come on. You look good. But he didn't save you just to look good.

[21:16] You got a good smile, Joey. He didn't save you just to look good. But he saved you. To be sent out. He saved us.

[21:28] To be sent out. To do unto good works. Everyone say good works. Good works. Because you are his workmanship. His design. He designed you and created you.

[21:40] And the only question left is. And that's what we're pounding on today. Do you want to do this or not? Do you want to walk in what he created you for?

[21:54] Or not? Do you want to walk in your calling? Or not? Do you want to walk in that ministry? Or not? Do you want to walk in that purpose? Or not? Right. Right. Right.

[22:04] Right. I love you. Thank you, Jesus. I love you. There's got to be a hunger in this church.

[22:18] There's got to be a hunger. Thank you. There's got to be a desperation inside of us for this. How bad do you want it? Do you want to do this or not?

[22:33] And today's. The story I want to mention real fast. Is about. Four men. Who were desperate. Four men who were.

[22:44] Who were desperate for something. And they asked this question. Not in this way. But they asked the question. Are we. Are we going to do this or not? And if you're looking for a moment in scripture.

[22:58] That asks. Our question out loud. Do you want this or not? It's right here. In second Kings chapter seven. These four outcasts. These four lepers. Four men with nothing to lose.

[23:11] But let's set the scene here. We're in. We're in Samaria. We're in Samaria. And everybody's starving. Just like.

[23:23] Zion. It's like the baby. He's hungry. And everybody in Samaria is hungry. They're starving. Mothers.

[23:33] Mothers are boiling their own children. The smell of. Read the Bible. It's. It's pretty cool. Pretty crazy. The smell of death is. Is strong and.

[23:45] Stronger than the sound of hope. Okay. The city is shut in. The enemy is camped out. There's no food. There's no answers. No help's coming. And Elijah. Elijah.

[23:56] Spoke a word. I said. By this time tomorrow. Everything is going to change. But no one believes him. No one moves. The palace stays silent. And there's these four guys.

[24:19] These four lepers. The thing I understand about leprosy. Is that it's certain death. All your nerves. All. Everything is dying.

[24:30] People. They're walking. They're hitting stuff. And stuff's starting to fall off. I mean. Limbs and toes. And. I mean. Can you imagine it? You know. It's kind of like. You know.

[24:41] The walking dead. You know. It's crazy. But Elijah says. By the time tomorrow. Everything is going to change. But no one. Believes him. Second. King. Seven. Three. Says. Now there were four men with leprosy.

[24:52] Sitting at the palace. Or the entrance of the city gates. Why should we sit here waiting to die? They asked each other. We will starve if we stay here.

[25:03] But with the famine in the city. We will starve if we go back there. So we might as well. Go out and surrender. To the Arameans. Or the Syrian army.

[25:14] If they let us live. Hey. Great. So much better. But if they kill us. We're going to die anyway. These men were outcasts. I mean. It was a death sentence for leprosy.

[25:25] But also. They were ceremonially unclean. They were outcasts. They were physically broken. Socially forgotten. They weren't allowed. In the city. They weren't accepted.

[25:36] Okay. They were literally positioned between. Death. And even more death. Now behind them. There was famine. In front of them. There's the enemy.

[25:48] Beneath them. And in them. There's this disease. Around them. There's silence. And inside of them. There's this hunger. I mean. Literal hunger. But can you hear the weariness.

[26:00] In their voice. The tiredness. The brokenness. The desperation. Can you hear it. In their voices.

[26:13] Can you feel what it's like. To be tired. In sitting. And dying. And dying. And trying to. You think. Man dying. Would just be better. At this point. But here is the question.

[26:26] That changed everything. Why sit here. Until we die. That's not just a question.

[26:37] Of survival. It's a cry. Of the soul. It's the moment. A human heart says. I've had enough. Of the excuses. I've had enough.

[26:48] Of those. I'm. I've had enough. I'm done being stuck. I'm done being in this place. Anybody feel stuck. Or has ever felt stuck. Before in their life. Let's be real folks.

[26:59] Come on. Let's be real. I've had enough excuses. I'm done. Being stuck. I may not be strong. But you know. I'm not staying here. I've had enough. Enough.

[27:10] Is enough. Is enough. Amen. And that's where these men sit. They've had enough. They're like. Hey. You know. We're going to die anyway. So we might as well.

[27:20] Just go. I mean. Why are we just sitting here? Verse 5. So at twilight. They sat out. They sat out for the camp. Of the Arameans. But when they came. To the edge of the camp.

[27:31] No one. Was there. They were all gone. They moved. Not in strength. Can you imagine.

[27:41] These four men walking. To the enemy's camp. Can you see that? I mean. They're. They're. Hobbling. And then. Missing toes. And missing limbs. And they're. You know.

[27:52] Helping each other. You know. Hey. I got you. I got you. Let's go. Helping each other out. It's kind of a sad scene. But they moved. Not in strength.

[28:02] Or in style. Right. But they moved. In surrender. Not in clarity. But in twilight. And the enemy. Had already been gone. You see.

[28:13] God is not waiting. For perfection. He's waiting. On our movement. We may not have everything figured out church. You may not have everything figured out.

[28:25] But God is not waiting for perfection. He's waiting for you to get moving. He's waiting for you to stay. Get to that point. Enough is enough. I'm tired. Of where I am.

[28:36] I'm tired. Of seeing empty chairs. I'm tired. Of just coming in. And then leaving. I'm tired. Punching my car. And then going. I wanted something different.

[28:49] Why are we going to just sit here and die? Do I want to do this? Or not? And these men are hobbling. Over to the enemy's camp.

[29:00] Because they're just. They're so desperate. Where's your desperation? Where's your hunger? Where is my hunger? And my desperation? Are we waiting for the perfect moment?

[29:12] Or are we. Ready to go. Just going to move forward. And make that decision. Verse 7.

[29:24] Verse 6. For the Lord had. Verse 6. For the Lord had caused the Aramean army to hear. The clatter of speeding chariots. And the galloping of horses. And the sounds of a great army approaching.

[29:35] So as these four men are walking. God. Starts to scare the living daylights out of this army. He sends us. They hear.

[29:46] The sound of this. A great army coming towards them. Chariots. And horses. You know. They hear all that. But really.

[29:58] It's these four. These four lepers. Walking. Up to the camp. And they get scared. And they scatter. The king of Israel has hired the Hittites.

[30:11] They were saying. To attack us. And they cried out to one another. So they panicked. And ran into the night. Abandoning their tents. Their horses. Donkeys. And everything else. As they fled for their lives.

[30:23] They ran like little babies. Scared. You see. Those four lepers. Didn't walk into battle. They walked into victory. Because God. Had went before them.

[30:34] He saw their movement. And God moved. Before them. God made their shuffle. God made their limp. Walk. Or sound like an army. And see.

[30:44] And that's the thing for us church. When we start moving. When we start taking steps. That's heaven's signal to move. That's God. God is waiting for our movement.

[30:58] Can I hear something? Amen for that. God is waiting for our movement. Come on church. God is waiting for us. To take that step. There was a great miracle. There was a great victory.

[31:09] In your life. In this city. In our church. In your life. But are you going to sit there. And hope?

[31:20] Or are we going to be like these four lepers. And say hey. You know what? What do we got to lose? Let's go. We're hungry. We're desperate.

[31:32] We sit here. We're going to die. Church. If we sit. And stew. And bicker. And complain. And gossip. And think of all the things that could go wrong.

[31:44] Come on. Hey. And that's it. We are done. Praise God. But why can't we just say. You know what? Hey. What? We got nothing to lose. We got everything to gain.

[31:54] So I say. Let's get up. Let's start marching. To the end of this day. You know what? It may not be a perfect walk. It may not be the right walk. But you know what?

[32:05] I'm moving forward. And you know what? God's going to see that. And God's going to move forward. And God's. Hallelujah. It will prepare us victory. For you and I. Amen. Hallelujah.

[32:16] Woo. I feel that in the Holy Ghost right now. Hallelujah. Someone's faith has got to get stirred this morning. Hallelujah. We've sat idle for too long.

[32:28] We've let apathy set in. Hallelujah. We know we've got to stand up. We've got to start stretching those legs. We've got to do some spiritual yoga. And get some bodies moving in a different direction.

[32:41] And start doing something. Praise God. Because God says, I'm going to do it. I've said yes. Hallelujah. I want a church here in the city of Europe. I have much people in this city.

[32:54] But you know what he's waiting on? He's waiting for you. And he's waiting for me. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. He's waiting for you. He's waiting for me to move. Praise God.

[33:05] Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Isn't that what he told Paul? He said, I have much people in this city. Right. He's saying that to every single one of us.

[33:17] He said, I have much people. I have a great revival. I'm about to pour out. Have a great blessing for your life. Amen. Yes, he does. You know what we've got to do? That's what we've got to do. Right. We've got to start hopping over whatever it takes.

[33:30] Start moving those limbs. It may not look pretty. It may not be a cool, you know, a cool yard walk. You may have to be looking, hey, look. It may look like this. And that's okay.

[33:41] But we've got to start moving, church. We've got to start moving. Hallelujah. Praise God. Praise God. First day, when the men with leprosy arrived at the edge of the camp, they went to the tent after, eating, drinking wine, and they carried off silver and gold and clothing, and they hid it.

[34:03] They were walking through excess and overflow, eating, drinking, collecting treasure. But at first, they hid it. And that's kind of where we get stuck.

[34:14] We get saved. And, you know, that's kind of where we sit. We get saved, and we're thinking, okay, I've peaked. I'm doing what I'm supposed to do.

[34:25] I'm blessed, but I'm quiet. I'm full, but I'm not boring out. We enjoy the gospel, but we hide it in the tent. We hide it somewhere. But these men, we're going to learn something from these guys.

[34:36] Verse 9. Finally, finally, they said to each other, this isn't right. This is a day of good news. We aren't sharing it with anyone.

[34:48] If we wait until morning, some calamity will certainly fall upon us. Come on. Let's go back and tell the people at the palace. They realized, hallelujah, we're not doing the right.

[35:02] They felt conviction because they were staying, staying silent. They had this good news. Come on, somebody say good news. They had this good news, but they were hiding it.

[35:13] They were putting it in a tent. They were keeping it to themselves. They were putting it in their breast pocket, in their coat, in their jacket pocket. But they knew they weren't doing right because they were staying silent.

[35:25] This is a day of good news. Jesus Christ died, was buried, and rose again. Hallelujah. He died for my sins.

[35:37] He died for your sins. He died for the sins of the people in the city of Gilroy. Hallelujah. And that's great news. And you want to know something? It's not meant to be hid in the bushel.

[35:48] It's not meant to be hid in the tent. It was meant to be shared with the people. Hallelujah. And we need to feel that conviction.

[36:02] We need to feel that prick in our heart. Just like these four lepers felt. Oh, oh, we got such good stuff going on here. We can't keep it to ourselves. This is good news.

[36:13] We got to share. We got to go back. I'm telling us, church, this morning God is calling us. He's speaking to us. It's not good enough to just sit and worship and enjoy the coffee and the great treats that sister Sheila brings.

[36:27] Thank you, sister. Hallelujah. But there's some good news. Hallelujah. That we got to share. We got to go tell people.

[36:39] We got to go do good works. We were saved unto good works. Share the gospel. Share the good news. Tell them about Jesus.

[36:51] Go to the highways and the byways and compel them to come. Hallelujah. Woo! Hallelujah. We love you. We've been baptized in Jesus' name.

[37:02] We've repented of our sins. We've been filled with the Holy Ghost. Evidence by speaking in other tongues. But where is it? Where's the story?

[37:12] Where's the testimony? Is it in a tent? We got to go back. We got to go back and tell somebody about it. So they went back and they told everyone and all the good news.

[37:28] And the gatekeepers shouted the good news. They go from outcasts. They go to messengers. Because any other day they wouldn't have listened to these men.

[37:41] Any other day they wouldn't have listened to these men. They want to tell us something. God. God is going before us. He's preparing hearts. And your words will not fall to the ground.

[37:58] Your words are going to sow seed into someone's life. Your words are going to sow into their lives. Amen. You're going to plant something. Others may water. But at the end of the day God's going to give the increase.

[38:11] You may share the good news. And they might reject it. But you know something? You did your job. You did your job. Because now someone's going to come along. You know I have witnessed the people.

[38:22] I've invited people. I've brought people. And for one reason or another. They are trying to text and call and connect. And hang out. And buy dinner. And then all this stuff.

[38:33] I'm not asking for a refund. I'm not asking for you know. Something back from them. You know something? But I did. I did my part. I've heard.

[38:43] I've heard you. I've heard stories of you sharing the gospel. I've heard stories of people here. And talking to people. Inviting people. You know what? You did your part. You did your job.

[38:55] Amen. Hallelujah. They went from outcast to messengers. They don't preach a sermon.

[39:06] They just tell what they saw. They share the good news. They share what happened. And the good news moved. Let's bring this home.

[39:20] Do you want this or not? I do. Do you want this or not? Now here's the thing. It's going to be by action.

[39:31] Right? Jesus said you'll know them by their. By their fruit. Do we want this or not? Do you want to see your family saved?

[39:41] Do you want to see your city saved? Your neighborhood? Do you want to live in your calling? Do you want to stop surviving? Start surrendering. You don't drift.

[39:52] You don't drift. You don't drift. You don't drift into purpose. Amen. You decide into it. You decide and you walk. In that way.

[40:02] This is our twilight moment church. This is our twilight moment. Are we going to sit here and die? Are we going to say this may not be perfect?

[40:16] But I'm going to move forward. I may not have it all together. But I'm going to commit to Jesus. I'm going to give my life to him. I'm going to surrender to him.

[40:27] I may not understand everything. I may not know everything. And that's okay. Just share the good news. Share the word.

[40:38] Speak the word. Let God do the rest. You see, this is where we get up. Where we go. This is your why sit here until I die moment.

[40:58] Because you're going to look back at this moment. You're going to look back on August 3rd at 1224. And you're going to say, that was my decision.

[41:15] That was my place of decision. Why sit here until I die decision? Do I want this or not decision?

[41:27] Because God had already said, he already did his work on Calvary. But now he's waiting for your next move. He's waiting for my next move.

[41:38] Let's all stand. Hallelujah.

[41:49] Hallelujah. I'm going to open up these altars. And for you to... And like those four lepers. Let's make a decision.

[42:09] Come to this altar. Glory. Not because you have all the answers. Not because you have it all figured out. But because you're done sitting still. Because you're done with the status quo.

[42:24] You're done with just existing. Because this is the day of good news, church. This is the day of good news. We're not doing it right if we keep it to ourselves.

[42:38] But it comes to this last... It comes to this question that we started off with. Do you want to do this or not?

[42:54] I know that question is pretty... Boom. In our face. But that's what it's meant to be. To get us to think, do we want to do this or not?

[43:08] How committed are we? How much are we willing to give up? How much are we willing to sacrifice? How much are we willing to surrender?

[43:18] Are we willing to let go of our pride? And what we might look like... But I can say this.

[43:29] There only needs to be an audience of one. And that's Jesus Christ looking down at us right now. And saying, are they going to surrender? Or are they going to listen?

[43:43] And care about the voices of others? I need everybody to focus over here for just a minute. We're almost done. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Praise God.

[43:57] Hey, these altars are open. And the challenge has been set forth. If you're ready, I want you to come forward to this altar. Amen.

[44:07] If you're ready, I want you to come. It's no pressure from me. This is all on you. Do you want to do this or not? That's my question. And that's the challenge of the spirit. Do you want this or not?

[44:21] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Amen. Let's pray. God, we love you today. We worship you. God, we give you praise today, God. Lord, we give you praise today, Lord.

[44:35] Oh, God. Hallelujah. God, this is for whosoever will, Lord. This is for whosoever will, God.

[44:47] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Oh, God. We praise you today. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

[44:57] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Glory. Glory to God. God, we praise you. Yes, Lord.

[45:11] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah, that's the church.

[45:25] That's it, hallelujah. Hallelujah, yes.

[45:35] Lord, praise. Help me, God, to understand, and to love your hands, and God.

[45:54] You are Jesus, and you are waiting for us to come to the Lord. Hallelujah, that's the Lord. Lord, praise. Hallelujah, that's the Lord. I'm the God, that's the Holy Spirit, and God.

[46:06] Lord, praise. Hallelujah, that's the Lord. Hallelujah, that's the Lord. Lord, praise. Hallelujah, that's the Lord. We love you, Lord.

[46:18] Praise Jesus. Hallelujah, hallelujah.